The data for human tick encounters in the United States (US) presented in this paper were
compiled with the goals of:(i) presenting quantitative data across the full range of native or …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 762 species worldwide, but an analysis of
the occurrence of these species in the worlds countries, territories, zoogeographic regions …

The family Ixodidae, whose members are commonly known as hard ticks, currently
comprises 137 Neotropical species, most of which are endemic to this region. Here we …

The hard tick family Ixodidae currently comprises 729 species worldwide, but information on
the species that feed on humans is scattered and often difficult to access. We have …

The aims of this work were to re-describe all parasitic stages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus
sensu stricto, to select and deposit a neotype, and to characterize some of its diagnostic …

Ticks are ectoparasites of great medical and veterinary significance in the neotropical
region. In Brazil, they are responsible for enormous economic losses to the livestock industry …

Ticks are considered the second most important vectors of pathogens worldwide, after
mosquitoes. This study provides a systematic review of vector-host relationships between …

Until recently, only two haemaphysaline species, Haemaphysalischordeilis (Packard, 1869)
and Haemaphysalisleporispalustris (Packard, 1869), were known to occur in the United …

In 2020, adult hard ticks (males and females) were collected from great horned owls [Bubo
virginianus (Gmelin, 1788)] in the coastal region in southern Brazil. The engorged females …

Anaplasma marginale is an obligate intraerythrocytic bacterium of bovines, responsible for
large economic losses worldwide. It is mainly transmitted by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) …